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CENTRAL OREGON TS DAILY NEWSPAPER
NO. 68
Volume LIU
THE BEND BULLETIN, BEND. DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEB. 23, 1945
Marines $eie Volcanic Peak
Dominating Bloody Iwo Isle
Mt.Suribachi'
Falls to Yanks
In Jap Battle
Nippons Swim Around
End of U. S. Forces and
Land in Rear Positions
Bv Frank- Tmlne
(United VrvM W.i Correspondents) .
Guam, Feb.-23 (P-American
.marines captured Mt. SurlbachI,
iAr 'volcanic peak commanding the
bloody island of Iwo, and edged
northward today in a new frontal
drive against the central air field.
A navy communique raised the
casualties for the first 58 hours
of the battle of Iwo, the toughest
in the history of the marine corps,
to 5,372. It estimated the Ameri
can dead at 644, the wounded at
4,168, and missing 560.
A group of Japanese swam
around the western end of the
marine line across Iwo under cov
er of .darkness last night and
landed in the American rear. The
marines mopped them up after
dawn.
Volcanic Peak Scaled
Marines of the 28th regiment
scored their biggest tactical vic
tory of the invasion when they
! scaled 554-foot Mt. SurlbachI, at
v., toe ..southern tip -,of Iwo, and
1 4 swarmed over the northern, east-
nA : .1 t i.
J crater at noon.
From' the summit of SurlbachI
the marines looked down on the
entire island. It was a foregone
conclusion that guns were being
rushed to the peak to turn the
tables on the Japanese who from
its heights had been plastering
the marines since H-hour.
Assault teams with flame
throwers still were hunting out
Japanese hidden in several by
passed strong points on the slopes
of the volcano. The drive to the
summit was covered by marine
artillery fire.
Small Gains Made
A communique reported' "small
gains" in the renewed drive on
Iwo's central air field. The ma
rines storming the fortifications
before it, chopped their way slow
ly northward. They were advanc
ving through heavy artillery and
Vnortar fire.
f For the fourth straight night
American warships off Iwo
shelled Japanese positions on the
island. By daylight U. S. planes
from carriers joined in the bom
bardment. The ships ringing the island also
were pouring in a steady flow of
supplies and equipment for the
three marine divisions fighting
the hardest battle of the war in
the Pacific.
Engineers had constructed sev
eral roads over the treacherous
volcanic ash terraces, and the
movement of supplies to the fight
ing zones was improving.
Death Toll Mounts
Admiral Chester W. Nimitz re
viewed the situation on Iwo in his
(Continued on Page 3)
edmond Fliers
ue for Transfer
Portland, Ore., Feb. 23 UP) The
latter part of March has been set
as tentative date for the regular
spring transfer of men and planes
from the Redmond sub-base to the
Portland army air base. Col. S. B.
Knowles, Jr.. commanding offi
cer, disclosed today.
The base will not be closed, con
trary to some reports, Colonel
Knowles said. Each winter, he ex
plained, planes and men are trans
ferred from the main base near
Portland to the Redmond base
due to adverse weather conditions
'or winter flight training in the
Portland area.
Each year, in the latter part of
March, thev are re-transferred to
Portland, Knowles stated, to re
OUOO tho DVnnncB nf arlml nlctorln 0
facilities from Portland.
A The army air base at Redmond
M prooably will be operated the re-
1 malnder nf rhle vosr with p "skel-
f'cn" staff, according to Colonel
Krowles, who said that it was
'contemplated," but not certain.
Turks Enter World War
Against Japs, Germans
London, Feb. 23 (EE) Turkey declared war on Germany
and Japan today as a result of a note from the "Big Three"
serving notice on nine "associated nations" to take such a
step' by March 1 or forfeit seats at the San Francisco con
ference. The Ankara radio reported that the Turkish national as
sembly had voted unanimous approval of the erovernment de
cision to declare war after hearing of the "Big Three" de
cision reached at the Crimea conference, -- -
The note, couched in clearcut terms, told the associated
; nations that -a declaration of
WMC Is Trapped
Irt Squeeze Play
Washington, Feb. 23 UP The
war manpower commission found
Itself caught in an unhappy
"squeeze play" today as it ponder
ed ways" to enforce the govern
ment's midnight curfew on night
life.
The difficulty arose because
war mobilization director James
F. Byrnes wants no exceptions to
his decree that all movies, bars,
bowling alleys and other amuse
ment places shut tighter than a
drum at the stroke of midnight,
beginning Monday. .i ..
"Many of these bowling alleys
and movies were induced by WMC
to stay open after midnight, some
at a loss to themselves, as an am
to war worker morale," one WMC
official said. ."Now, as the curfew
enforcement agency, we have to
go back and tell them to shut up."
WMC officials maintain that
exceptions should be made to the
midnight closing when it can be
shown that the majority of the
patrons are war workers who
finish their jobs between 11 p. m.
and 1 a. m.
But Byrnes, who ordered the
curfew to save coal, manpower
and transportation, is reportedly
unwilling to change his original
position no exceptions.
KBND Heard in
New York City
Programs originating on Bend's
radio station KBND have been
clearly heard in New York City,
according to a letter received to
day by the management from
Eriek R.' Johnson, of the World
DX alliance.
According to Johnson the Bend
station was heard distinctly be
tween 12 and 12:15 a. m. and from
9 to 9:15 p. m. on Feb. 11. "Static
was very light," Johnson advised
the local station, and only inter
ference came from time to time
from a station at Royal Oak,
Mich.
Johnson listed statements heard
in the two 15-minute periods and
sent them to KBND for verifica
tion. BILL VOTED DOWN
Salem, Ore., Feb. 23 (IB The
Oregon senate today voted down,
19 to 10, a bill to repeal the three
way waiting period for marriages.
U. S. Forces Seize Strategic Capul Island
S out head of Luzon; Manila Fight Continues
By William B. Dickinson
(United Preu War Correflpondenb)
Manila, Feb. 23 (IPI American
forces strengthened their hold In
the Philippines today and gained
control of strategic San Bernar
dino strait with the seizure of
Capul island off southeastern Lu
zon. Occupation of the tiny but im
portant island, lying midway be
tween Luzon and Samar, opened
the direct shipping lane from the
United States to the great harbor
in Manila bay.
Veteran jungle fighters of the
American division which fought
on Guadalcanal and Bougainville,
swarmed over Capul island Wed
nesday against light opposition, a
communique said.
The island Is at the western end
of San Bernardino strait, where
the Japanese fleet units were rout
ed disastrously by American war
ships supporting the landings on
Levte last October.
While the troops were cleaning
war was essential to any voice
in the peace conference.
As if in protest to the blunt
tone of the ultimatum, the
Turkish parliament ostenta
tiously dated its declaration of
war for March 1 the dead
line. ' Others On List
Bracketed with Turkey as the
associated nations were, Egypt,
Iceland, Chile, Paraguay, Ecua
dor, Peru, Uruguay and Venezue
la. Egypt appeared to be about
to follow Turkey in the declara
tion. ' Iceland has been without
diplomatic relations with Ger
many since the occupation of
Denmark in 1940.
All six of the Latin American
nations listed by the Turks have
declared war on Germany within
the last two weeks, apparently as
a result ox the notice.
' Official quarters in London con
firmed, the Turkish list 'oT. nine
nations to which the notes were
handed. '
Tinged With Irony
The Turks broadcast a lengthy
explanation of their action, tinged
with Irony.' It indicated their re
luctance to give way under a big
stick and declare war.
But since they want a voice in
the fuutre of the Dardanelles and
Dodecanese islands off their coast,
the government decided that the
declaration was essential.
Argentina was omitted from the
countries to which the notifica
tions went. Inquiries here about
the status of the Argentines
brought the answer, "Ask the
state department In Washington."
Big Wave Claims
2 Lives on Coast
Toledo,- Ore., Feb. 23 (P
Searchers today were seeking the
body of Mrs. Ada Baumgardner,
47, Canby, Ore., one of two per
sons drowned when a wave swept
out to sea five persons walking
along the beach near Newport.
Also drowned was E. W. Batle
son, 55, Scobey, Mont., whose
body was found Thursday a few
hours after the five persons were
engulfed by the wave. The three
survivors said all were knocked
down by the heavy surf and that
when they arose the other two
persons were missing.
WOULD SIMPLIFY FORMS
Salem, Ore., Feb. 23 (IF) House
bill 38. which would permit the
use of a simplified income tax
return for Oregon citizens earn
ing less than $500 yearly, was in
troduced to the house today.
up the Island, other American
forces engaged the Jaoanese In
southern Manila in vicious bat
tles that raged from building to
building around the besieged In
tramuros section.
At the same time, units of the
11th airborne division swept
southward along the west coast
of Laguna bay, southeast of the
capital, and surprised a Jaoanese
garrison of 500 men at Mabato
point.
The enemy forces attempted to
flee across the bay In barges but
were caught off shore by a
murderous crossfire of American
artillery. A number of barges
were sunk and the shattered rem
nants of the garrison rvturnpd
to land farther south along the
coast. There was no Indication
of how many Japanese were sent
to the bottom with the small craft.
The swift advance carried the
Americans seven miles along the
bay coast, through the road Junc
tion of Alabang to Nuntlnglupa. ,
Hitler Defeat
Not Far Away,
Stalin Asserts
Konev Setting Pace for
j Climactic Assault on '
Berlin, News Indicates
London, Feb.' 23 IP The red
army virtually completed the
clearing of a 60-mile stretch of the
Niesse river on the southeastern
approaches to Berlin today,
spurred by Marshal Stalin's proc-:
lamation that final victory was
Vnear." v . '.
; Some 1,150,000 German troops
were killed or captured In the
first 40 days of the soviet winter
offensive, Stalin announced In a
special order of the day commem
orating the 27th anniversary of
the red army today. . .
The bag averaging 28,750
nazis a day boosted the number
of German troops killed or cap
tured In three years and eight
months of the war on the eastern
front to 9,740,000 by sovieivac-
couni. i:
Nazis Routed
"The red army . . .. together
with the armies of our allies is
successfully completing the rout
oi tne uerman fascist army."
Stalin proclaimed. "Complete vic
tory over the Germans now is ak
ready near."' - '-
Marshal Ivan S.' Konev's Second
Ukranian army was setting the
stage tor the climactic assault on
Berlin by hurling the last Ger
mans back across the Nelsse river
southeast of the capital In furi
ous battles.
Moscow dispatches said Konev
was preparing to smash across-1
the Neisse on a broad front with
the double objective of reducing''
Dresden, 52 miles ahead of his
spearheads, and flanking Berlin
from the south. I
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New Snow Falls
On High Passes
Light snow flurries "Visited the
Bend region today and reports to
the state highway department
headquarters here in the morn
ing told of a heavy snowfall all
along the Cascade summit. Snow
plows were brought into use on
the Santlam and Willamette high
ways. On the Santiam pass four inch
es of new snow had fallen, and the
temperature stood at 30 degrees.
There were four inches of new
snow on the Willamette pass,
making a total of 39 inches for
the season, It was reported. To
the north It was snowing less
severely, but five Inches of new
snow had fallen by 8 a. m., mak
ing a total of 26 inches along the
Waplnitia route. The temperature
at Government camp was 24 de
grees.
The forecast was for continued
snow, especially along the Cas
cades. In Manila, the heaviest flnhtir,
centered around the city hall, the
general postoffiee, the Manila
hotel and university buildings.
Elements of the first cavalry
division, which now Is attached
to the 37th Infnntrvr rilulclnn
i broke Into Manila hotel Wednes
day ana seized the first floor of
jthe building. Japanese naval and
! marine personnel held the rest of
ine notei and were renorted firm
ly entrenched behind sandbags
and stone obstructions.
Front dfsnntrhea aa!H iun Ton
anese turned every floor of every
ounuing into individual fighting
; pockets for a fight to the last
;man. Some of the entrances were
crisscrossed with baroed wlrp
;and mined with electrical deton
lators. I Japanese units, carrying demo
illtions, shotguns and spears, at
I tempted to Infiltrate American
I positions at" the army-navy club,
hut were routed with the loss of
'137 men.
1 Yank Paratroopers Land on Correaidor
zr . ..... .. 4
Parachutes of the 603rd Parachute Infantry Regiment blossom on bomb-shattered terrain of Corregidor In
swift stroke which completely deceived defending Japs. Paratroopers joined with amphibious assault troopi
to eliminate remaining enemy strongpolnts. Note wrecked buildings in foreground. Signal Corps photo.
Civilians Annoy
Liberated Men
New York, Feb. 23 (VP) Repatri
ated American soldiers back home
from German prison camps for
treatment of serious wounds,
agreed today that the German
military machine has been scrap
ing the bottom, of, thecnanpower
barrel lor some time. -The
soldiers, who arrived on
the Swedish exchange ship Grips
holm Wednesday, said that condi
tions were about the same in all
prison camps they saw inside Ger
many. The guards were usually
crippled men or men as old as 75.
l In some cases the American
isoldiers saw young boys of 14
guarding the camps. They said
there were very few Germans of
military fitness to be seen about
the camps.
Decorations, wero given to 140
of the 463 soldiers yesterday at
the Halloran general hospital on
Staten island. After the cere
monies the wounded veterans met
reporters.
Many of them said they were
annoyed by the attitude of some
of 622 civilians repatriated with
them. These civilians, the soldiers
said, had no appreciation of Amer
ica, and contlnouously talked of
when they could return to their
European homes.
The civilian repatriates, most
of them technical citizens of the
United States, had spent most of
their .lives in Europe. They Indi
cated to the soldiers that they
didn't want to leave Europe but
were moved out by the Germans
nevertheless.
The civilians were leaving the
ship slowly, and.by late last night
fewer than 100 of them had been
landed after 30 hours of question
ing by the federal bureau of in
vestigation, the state department,
and customs inspectors.
Lt. Browne Is
Listed Missing
Lt. Chelsea H. G. Browne, 27,
a pilot with the army air force,
has been .reported as missing
over Austria, friends here have
learned. Lt. Brown, who was
married while attending Oregon
state college, was employed as
a draftsman with the engineers
at Camp Adair prior to enlisting
on Dec. 15, 1942, and entering
officer candidates school.
He is a son of Mrs. Ted Boadle,
former resident of Terrebonne
now living in McMinnvllle. His
wife, Beverly, Is reported to live
in Corvallls.
NiDDons Warned
Of Paratroopers
Tokvo, Feb. 23 1P The Inva
sion Jittery Jaoanese are being
asked to keep on the alert against
possible allied paratroop landings
on Japan's home soil, Tokyo ra
dio reported Frloay.
In a broadcast recorded hv Unit
ed Press in San Francisco, To
kyo said a special meeting was
held Friday morning at the of
ficial residence of Home Minister
Shigeo Odachl at which plans
were discussed "for an immediate
arming of every man. woman and
child in Japan to resist the enemy
aggressions."
, r,.
Morse Voices
Kindly Word
For 1st Chief
Salem, Ore., Feb. 23 (IP) Demo
cratic Representative Warren Er
wln, Portland, became uneasy In
his chair near the close of the
legislative session Thursday..-.. -
Finally he rose to his feet; and
under personal privilege, spoke
eloquently of the fact that It Was
the "anniversary of the birth of
him whom we call the father of
our country." ' .
He "was disturbed that no ob
servation of the day" was forth
coming. He told of Washington's fine
qualities of soldlerllness, states
manship and citizenship. He spoke
at length, and sat down to a
small flurry of applause.
Rep. William B. Morse, Prlne
vllle, then rose to his feet.
"I would like to second the fine
remarks of Mr. Erwln," he said,
"and supplement them."
"One of the finest things that
George Washington ever did,"
Morse said feelinglv. "was not to
run for a third term."
Paramushiro Bay
Under Nayy Fire
Guam, Feb. 23 tP American
warships and planes bombarded
Paramushiro, Japan's northern is
land defense base In the Kurlles,
for two days in an apparent di
versionary movement while ma
rines were landing In Iwo in the
Volcanoes, lt was disclosed today.
A Pacific fleet communique
said that surface units shelled
Kurabu Sakl, on the southern end
of Paramushiro, Monday. Liber
ators from the 11th army air force
hit the same target Tuesday.
Four of five Japanese Inter
ceptors were damaged by the Lib
erator bombers. Navy . Ventura
search planes also made rocket
attacks on Minaml Sakl off Para
mushiro on Tuesday.
Other Liberators raided the air
field on Chichi Jima and Oklmur
on Haha Jlma, in the Bonlns north
of Iwo Tuesday and attacked mar
ctis Island, southeast of Japan, the
same day. Marine and army fight
ers and torpedo planes hit Babel
thuap In the Palaus, Yap In the
Carolines, and Pagan In the Mari
anas Wednesday and Thursday.
Deschutes County
Soldiers Injured
Two Deschutes county soldiers
have been wounded In Europe, the
war department has announced.
Thev are:
Pfc. HnroM C. Hire, 24, n son
of Lewis H. Bice, route one. Bend.
Bice, who entered the army on
Feb. 9, 1942, was employed as a
timber faller by the Larsen broth
ers of Lapine prior to entering
the service.
Pfc. Billy A. Holcomb, husband
of Mrs. Rachel Holcomb, Terrebonne.
(NBA TeUphotoi
Aid for Americas
Mexlco City, Feb. 23 P The bleated that the British second
United States was pledged today army also was on the march,
to throw all of its resources Into I Nazj spokesmen said the Ninth
building a peace which will makearmy won footholds on the east
It possible formen everywhere to bank of tne Roer opposite Nled
live in "freedom from fear and erHU and Kreuzau, three and four
.want. ..Ni'" -.W a, j.
Attention was Xocused on eco- speal.neads broke across the
nom c solidarity of the western , 0e and mlleg north.
Kte Mrffli "' " Dueren at Birkesdprf and
lean Foreign Minister Ezequlel !ept ,,,,., The .fifth crossing
Padllla and U. S. Secretary of ,e'?ed",1 i"f "J1 ,1,,"
State Edward R. Stettinlus, Jr.,
last night at the second plenary
session of the inter-American con
ference.
Padllla called upon the confer
ence to take "practical" steps to
end the "misery, abandonment
and lndlfferencce" In which the
masses of people in Latin Amer
ica find themselves.
Refers to Charter
Stettinlus, after outlining a
five-point U. S. foreign policy, an
nounced that his government
would sponsor and support meas
ures to raise the standard of liv
ing throughout the hemisphere.
Referring to the Atlantic char
ter's pledge to seek freedom from
fear and want, Stettinlus said:
"I can assure you that the
United States does not regard this
as a rhetorical assertion of vague
Intentions. We regard it as a ne
cessity if the United Nations are
to build a peace that will endure."
Francis Smith
Hurt in Action
Pvt. Francis L. R. Smith, 19,
was inlured in infantrv action on
northern Luzon on Feb. 17, his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse H.
Smith, 421 E. Seward street, Bend,
have been informed by the war
department.
Pvt. Smith, who attended Bend
high school, enlisted In August,
1943, and after training at Camp
Rnhnrta fallf . wont In No-ji
Guinea over a year ago. He later ,
was in the Netherlands East:
Indies and then was ordered to!
the Philippines.
ExBend Resident Is Released
From Prison Camp in Manila
Mrs. Chester S. Magnuson, the
former Frieda J. Jaeger of Bend,
with her two small daughters,
has been released from the prison
camp at Santo Tomas, Manila, her
sister, Mrs. John Hansen of Ter
rebonne was informed this morn
ing by the American Red Cross.
The telegram, sent from San
Francisco, Calif., read: "Informa
tion has been received of the res
cue from Santo Tomas prison by
our forces on Luzon of your sis
ter, Mrs. Frieda Magnuson. Her
phvslcal condition is good.
Her daughter, Susan. Is In
good phvslcal condition. The con
dition of a Recond daughter, Kar
en, is fair."
Mrs. Magnuson, a daughter of
Arthur H. Yeager, former Des
chutes county resident now liv
ing in Roseburg, attended Bend
high school for two years and
then left for California. She later
attended college In San Franotsco
and, early in 1939, married Mag
nuson, employed by importers. In
Tank Divisions
Race Eastward
Berlin Reports
' Foe Says Action Opens '
On 40-Mile Front, On
' Plains Before Fortress
Paris, Feb. 23 (IP) Berlin re
ported that two and perhaps three
Ailed ; armies launched a grand
scale offensive before Cologne to
day, forced the Roer river line
at six or more points on a 40-mile
front, and locked with the Ger
man army In the pay-off battle
of western Europe.
Gen.. Dwlght D. Elsenhower's
headquarters clamped a blackout
on all news of the great battle
that the German high command
said was swaying back across the
Rhlneland 20 miles or less from
Cologne.
.. But . accounts broadcast from
Berlin said Allied tank and in
fantry divisions were streaming
across the shattered Roer line
behind an earthshaklng aerial and
artillery barrage.
Ninth Takes Lead
The American Ninth army was
out in front of the big push,
striking on a 20-mlle belt of the
offensive line between Llnnich and
Dueren.
Units of the U. S. First army
joined in the attack along the
headwaters of the Roer below
Dueren, and Berlin reports of
heavy Allied thrusts from the
Roermond sector to the north in-
w. as "A.." -t ' u
, J D"fer and miles east
further to the northwest at Kor-
renzig.
Allied Guns Massed ;
Thousands of Allied guns,
massed hub to hub behind the
Roer, touched off the offensive
long before dawn with a drum
fire barrage that raked the Ger
man lines for three hours before
the doughboys moved out, enemy
accounts said.
The bombardment , swelled
through the ' morning hours and
Berlin admitted the German de
fenders were fighting desperately
from broken and smoldering forti
fications torn open by the shell- '
ing.
In the first few hours of the
attack, one enemy commentator
said, between 60,000 and 100,000
Allied shells rained down on the
German front line positions and
supporting communications. '
Swarms of Allied fighter bomb
ers ranged ahead of the attacking
ground troops. One force bombed
and. strafed a big concentration
of trains and motor vehicles
caught in Grevenbroich, 15 miles
i northeast of Linnlch and one of
the main roads and rail feeder
points west of Cologne.
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LT. STIPE VISITS
Stopping briefly In Bend while
lenroute from Great Falls, Mont.,
to a California Dolnt. Lt. Bud
Stipe, pilot in the army air force,
late yesterday, visited his father,
Arthur Stipe, proprietor of the
Bend Furniture company.
July, 1939, the couple sailed for
Manila.
Susan, their oldest child, was
born in Manila on June 5, 1940.
Karpn I. Mnpnuson, their sec
ond child, was born on Feb. 25,
1942, less than two months after
her mother was Imprisoned. Pre
viously released prisoners who
have returned to the United
States have Informed Mrs. Han
sen that Mrs. Magnuson was per
mitted to leave the prison for a
private home shortly before Kar
en's birth. She returned to Santo
Tomas prison when Karen was
five months old.
No report has boon received re
garding Magnuson. His mother
resides in Seattle, Whsh., while a
brother Is employed in the U. S.
Customs House, San Francisco.
Mrs. Magnuson's father and his
wife, have been visiting at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Hansen in
Terrebonne for several davs and ;
were there this morning when the t
news of her rescue was received.